For 40 years after World War II, the production site at Anklamer Strasse 38 was the Berlin Kosmetik's largest lipstick factory. Today its tenants are turning out a different product -- women-led businesses.

The WeiberWirtschaft cooperative in the Mitte district of east Berlin houses the largest complex in Germany for businesses started and run by women. It's one of the few, yet growing number, of incubator-style settings in Europe...